Sixth at Sevenoaks

The Junior XC squad travelled to Sevenoaks school on Friday 18/11 for the prestigious Jnr Knole Run. This event, open to Year 7 & 8 students is, in effect, the National Race for this age group.

359 runners ran the challenging 2 mile course from 75 teams entered. JFS travelled down with the full compliment of 12 runners so would have A. B and C Teams finishing.

The journey was quick and the boys had plenty of time to walk the course with Francis and see the girls race start. Then it was final warm-ups and down to the packed start line. A good start is vital as the 2 hills prevent overtaking and so the enormous field set off.

With Francis out on the course, Mr Fell took position at the finish. Chip timers in the race numbers meant no automatic results would be known.

JFS A Team finished in 22nd position last year but hopes were that we would break into the top 10.

WELL WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM ALL THE RUNNERS!

 

A Team – Overall 6^th Place

(First 4 runners to finish)

6th	Alfie Smith Yr8	12.53
12th	Freddy Georgiou Yr8	13.06
56th	Sam Charnock Yr8	14.08
76th	Jacob Hanbury Yr8	14.18

 

B Team – Overall 36^th Place

99th	Tommy Jaye Yr8	14.33
132nd	Ebuka Nkamuo Yr7	14.58
134th	Ryan O’Sullivan Yr8	15.00
149th	Matthew Conway Yr7	15.12

 

C Team – Overall 59^th Place

165th	Leo Ostinelli Yr7	15.22
210th	Christi Anoop Yr8	15.55
270th	James Parker Yr8	16.18
313th	Paul Hewitt Yr7	17.02

 

For the A Team to finish 6th was fantastic

The B Team finished half-way up the order!

Alfie Smith to finish 6th from 359 of the best runners of his age group is equally fantastic

Freddy to finish 12th was brilliant

The Year 7 runners all ran brilliantly

Well done to the runners who usually play rugby who all ran with great heart

 

Overall a very successful day and proof that our Juniors have real talent - the future looks bright!

 

Seniors All Impress at St.Albans

Like travelling to an away fixture at Old Trafford or the Etihad, the St.Albans Relay takes place at the home of one of the country's top Cross-Country schools, if not the top.

This is always a very challenging fixture with some excellent opposition and a course that can be very wet and muddy. With 6-man teams and a 2-mile leg each everyone aimed to improve on their previous years time and see where we ended.

The long drive to St.Albans around the M25 was uneventful with Miss Tomes and Francis in the minibus and Mr Fell in his car due to a late evening appointment.

A Team

Ercolano 10.40 (2015 – 11.49)  

R Galvin 10.33 (10.41)       

Wells 10.35

Lutakome 9.15 (9.49)     

Jones 10.47 (11.45)

        A Galvin 10.34 (10.44)          

 

 

 

B Team

Daburn 11.28

(Sorry no photo!)

 

J Halfacre 12.10 (13.27)

 

  Brant 11.26

 McAllister 12.01 (12.09)

Hodgson 11.34 (12.58)

  R Galvin 10.51 

(Ran last leg to make up 6)

 

 

   

TEAM RESULT 

A TEAM 6^th & B TEAM 14^th in a very high quality race which included teams that always perform exceptionally well in the National Relay. A real gutsy performance from the squad improving their 2015 times

 

 

Unfortunately the drive home was, as usual, a nightmare, and the minibus arrived back at JFS HQ at 7.15 after a 3 hour journey!

Well done to all runners!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wet at Lancing!

The hotly anticipated fixture at Lancing took place this weekend and despite very poor weather, the challenging course was braved by all.

Well done to Alfie Smith who knocked an impressive amount of time off of his previous years effort, and to all the Year 7s who braved the course

Well done to all the seniors for running the 5.6 miles course. Special congrats to Ben Brant, newly returned to the XC fold, and Joe Halfacre who finished so strong.

MATCH AT LANCING COLLEGE vs Brighton Coll, Charterhouse, Harrow, Lancing, Ardingly, Sevenoaks

 

 U16 2.8 miles              

 4. A Smith  16.12  (18.31   -2015)

11. Georgiou  17.00

18. Nkamao  18.37

20. Conway  18.53

21. Ostinello 18.53

28. Kitchen  20.34

29. Boxall 20.36

30. Davis 20.42

31. Hewitt 20.44

32. Miles 20.47

33. Parker 20.57

36. Littlewood 26.43                   36 runners

A TEAM 4^th  

B TEAM 7^th   C TEAM 8^th        

 

SENIORS 5.5 miles 

11. Wells  37.22

12. A Galvin  37.30

14. Jones  38.05

16. R Galvin  38.32

36. J Halfacre  45.31

39. Brant  46.34

40. Hodgson   49.03                     54 runners

 

A TEAM  2^nd

6th at Guildford

Haskell Cup Relay Competition

 

      Galvin A  12.08

       Wells  11.35

       Lutakome  10.17     

       Galvin R  12.04

       Ercolano  12.20

       Daburn  12.46

       McAllister  14.37

       Jones  12.31

       Halfacre J  13.58

       Brant  13.56

       Hodgson  12.54                                    

                                                  38 TEAMS

                                             145 RUNNERS      

A TEAM 6^th IN A REALLY STRONG FIELD       

B TEAM 22^nd  (6^th B team)           

Ricky 2^nd fastest lap 

JFS SHINE AT CHARTHOUSE

What a fantastic performance from the XC squad at Charterhouse on 5th November.

The amazing grounds present a challenging course including the infamous Charterhouse Hill which most walk up, only the ultra fit run it!

 

Well done to Ricky for winning the Senior race in handsome style.

Special mention to Jude Watson who managed to finished the course despite spraining both of his ankles!

Also well done James Parker for improving on his 2015 time and looking increasingly strong

Well done to all the Year 7s for conquering the Hill for the first time!

COMPETITION AT CHARTERHOUSE

 

JUNIORS (2.2 miles)

   4. A Smith  15.19  (16.05 – 2015)

   7. Georgiou  15.36  (16.43)

 11. Edwards  17.43

 12. Nkumuo  17.44             28. Miles   18.41

 13. Ostinello 17.46             29. Hession  18.50

 14. Conway  17.47              30. Parker  18.53  (20.04)

 20. Gerges  18.08                32. Kitchen  19.20

 25. Boxall  18.34                37. Davis  21.42

 26. Hewitt  18.36                42. Horle  23.05

                                                                 45 runners

JUNIOR TEAMS:      A team RUNNERS UP

                               B team 5^th      C team 8^th  

 

Seniors  (4.4 miles)

1.    Lutakome 25.17  (25.26 - 2015)

7. Wells  28.46

   8. A Galvin  28.52

 10. Jones  29.34 (31.19)

 25. Daburn  32.05

 36. Logue  33.15

 41. J Halfacre 35.41 (36.13)

 42. Brant  35.47

 45. Watson 38.39 inj

 49. Hodgson 43.33                                                                                                           

                                                        51 runners

SENIOR TEAM:  WINNERS

Sutton Borough's Second Place Finish!

Sutton Borough Cross Country

Championships Results

Thursday 3^rd November

 

JOHN FISHER

RUNNERS UP

 

YEAR 7 Nkamuo 14^th  Ostinello 17^th  Conway 19^th  

              Hancock 29^th  Brennan 41^st  Hewitt 44^th                

              Wilson 45^th  Kitchen 49^th                            

                            4^th    

                                               

 

 

YRS 8/9   Smith 5^th  Georgiou 10^th Edwards 16^th    

                  O’Sullivan 24^th  Bhashana 26^th      

                  Charnock 31^st Harvey 37^th  Gerges 41^st      

                           2^nd 

                                                                                                     

 

YRS 10/11   Jones 6^th  Ercolano 7^th  Mamendyi 10^th

                      Hodgson 18^th  Brant 23^rd  Allen 28^th 

                      Logue 29^th  Da Costa 34^th

                          2^nd    

 

 

                   

 

YEARS 12/13 Lutakome 1st   Wells 3^rd   AGalvin 4^th     

                       Rodrigues 11^th Daburn 21^st  Murray 22^nd                      

                            WINNERS 

                                                    

WELL DONE TO ALL THE RUNNERS, SPECIAL MENTION TO THOSE WHO RAN FOR THE SCHOOL WHO DO NOT REGULARLY FEATURE FOR THE XC TEAMS.